The main board exams for Class 10 students was conducted from February 18, 2016 to March 28, 2016. As many as 13, 88,467 students appeared for the exam at over 2,000 centres across the state. About 7, 82,181 candidates were boys while 6, 06,286 were girls.

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, conducts the HSC and SSC Examinations in the state of Maharashtra through its nine divisional boards located at Pune, Mumbai, Aurangabad, Nasik, Kolhapur, Amravati, Latur, Nagpur and Ratnagiri.